"Our financial results in the third quarter of 2012 were driven primarily by our credit card processing business," said Bill McGill, CEO of VersaPay. "We continue to invest in our proprietary platform to drive future growth, and while this investment has negatively impacted on our near term earnings, we are very encouraged by the recent achievement of critical milestones. As a result, we are optimistic about our ability to earn an attractive return on this investment."

Q3 and Year to Date 2012 Financial Review

Total revenues for Q3 2012 increased 7% to $4.6 million from $4.3 million in Q3 2011. Of this amount, recurring revenues for Q3 2012 increased 8% to $4.6 million from $4.2 million in Q3 2011. Total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 increased 12% to $12.7 million from $11.4 million for the same period in 2011. Of this amount, recurring revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 increased 13% to $12.7 million from $11.1 million in 2011. The year-over-year improvement was driven primarily by growth in the Company's transaction processing fees.

Cash operating expense (excluding amortization and share-based payments) increased to $1.1 million from $0.9 million in Q3 2012 from the same period 2011. Cash operating expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 increased 20% to $3.5 million from $2.9 million in 2011.

Adjusted EBITDA for Q3 2012 was $(0.09) million, compared to $0.1 million in Q3 2011. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, Adjusted EBITDA was $(0.6) million, compared to $(0.2) million in 2011.

Loss from continuing operations for Q3 2012 was $(0.2) million. This compares to an income from continuing operations of $0.01 million for Q3 2011. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, loss from continuing operations was $(1.0) million, compared to $(0.6) million in 2011.

VersaPay's financial technology enables businesses and consumers across Canada to accept and process credit, debit and gift card transactions. As a payment services and financial technology company serving more than 2,500 Canadian businesses, VersaPay, in conjunction with its partners, provides the hardware, technology, infrastructure and support services that businesses of all types require to accept and process electronic payments from their consumers and clients.

While its core business is payment processing services, VersaPay also provides enhanced financial technology solutions such as VersaPay EMT - the Company's proprietary Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment solution - which enables merchants and consumers to easily transact with one another.

VersaPay is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and has operations in Montreal, Vancouver and New York. To learn more about VersaPay, visit http://www.versapay.com.

Forward Looking and Other Cautionary Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements and information that are based on the beliefs of management and reflect the Company's current expectations. When used in this news release, the words "estimate", "project", "belief", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", "plan", "predict", "may" or "should" and the negative of these words or such variations thereon or comparable terminology, are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. Such statements and information reflect the current view of the Company with respect to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in those forward-looking statements and information.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks relating to the speculative nature of the Company's business, the Company's formative stage of development and the Company's financial position. Forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update forward looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change.

Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements and information. Such factors include, among others, risks related to following: the Company's financial position and the potential need for future financings, the ability of the Company to maintain its relationship with its strategic partner for payment processing, the efforts and abilities of the senior management team, the ability of the Company to attract and retain skilled management, competition in the payment processing industry, and the Company's ability to respond to technological change and protect its intellectual property rights.

The Company cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive. When relying on the Company's forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. The Company has assumed a certain progression, which may not be realized. It has also assumed that the material factors referred to in the previous paragraph will not cause such forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results or events. There can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors.

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